Esi Denyoh, President of the Diabetes Association, Ghana. The National Diabetes Association, Ghana has raised concerns over the increment of tax which is affecting drugs for the treatment of the ailment. According to the association, the plight of people living with diabetes have been worsened with the introduction of valued added tax (VAT) of 17.5 […]
Ms Sun Baohong poses with Mr. Emanuel Armah-Kofi Buah The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Ms Sun Baohong, on Friday pledged China’s support for Ghana in the latter’s quest to generate adequate electricity to accelerate economic growth. According to her, the Ghana government’s target of achieving 10 percent renewable component of its electricity generation mix by […]
Rev Anokye joined by senior members of the church to commission the project. Inset: The market stores THE EBENEZER Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in Sunyani, Brong-Ahafo Region, has built market stores for its members as part of efforts to economically empower them to contribute meaningfully to the growth of the church and […]
The new classroom block, INSET: the old structure A six-unit classroom block, which was built in 1898 and inaugurated  by Sir Gorden Guggisbeg, the then Governor of the Gold Coast, has been replaced with a modern classroom block with computer laboratory, offices, library, toilet and urinal. The project, which cost the Techiman Municipal Assembly GH$290,000, […]
Some US volunteers in a classroom in Ashanti teaching pupils how to avoid sexual abuse International students from Hong Kong and the United States arrived in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi in June 2014 to facilitate child preventative sexual assault workshops in area schools and churches. The workshops, organized by Light for Children, a Kumasi-based […]
Irately, the lady caller to a television programme was emphatic that ‘he must resign.’ She did not say ‘he should resign;’ assuming that would have watered down or raised the gravity of her statement. She was in no mood, though, to compromise because she spoke those words in a very frustrated tone. Combatively blunt was […]
Hannah Tetteh, Minister for Foreign Affairs After disturbing reports of the shortage of passport booklets at the Passport Office in Accra last week, the Passport Office has indicated it will take delivery of approximately 5,000 passport booklets today to clear the huge backlog of applications. According to Eric Odoi-Anim, the Director of Passports at the […]
Joseph Yammin Athletes who would be representing Ghana at the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow are peaking in form ahead of the sports festival, Joseph Yammin, former Deputy Youth and Sports Minister, has said. The contingent, who would be joined by the shooting team later, is currently pitching camp in Ayrshire, south-west of Scotland, and […]
Martin Poku (left) presenting a trophy to Isaac Simpson ISAAC SIMPSON is the champion of the Male Group ‘A’ version of the June Ashfoam Monthly Medal Golf tournament, with a score of 73 net, pushing F. Oti Boateng to second place with a score of 74 net. Played at the Royal Golf Club in Kumasi […]
IN PAIN: Neymar Out Of World Cup Neymar receiving medical attention, while defender Marcelo looks on sympathetically Brazil superstar Neymar will miss the remainder of the World Cup with a broken bone in his back. The 22-year-old, who had scored four times to lead his country to the quarter-finals, was carried off on a stretcher […]
Christian Atsu Ghana World Cup stars Christian Atsu and Jordan Ayew have been linked with a summer move to English Premier League side Hull City. Jordan looks likely to be sold by Olympique Marseille where he has been regarded as surplus to requirements. He was shipped out on loan to FC Sochaux for the second […]
The Ministry of Health has dismissed fears a fever case recorded at the Nyaho Clinic in Accra is the deadly Ebola virus. In a statement released Saturday, the Ministry said the case is yet to be confirmed by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR). The institute is the leading biomedical research facility in Ghana. “We expect […]
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